Sat 16 Feb 19:30pm
FREE ENTRY!
On Saturday 16th February we’re delighted to welcome to our unique shop window stage…
FRANKY & THE JACK’S
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Franky-and-the-Jacks/208366485862694
“Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying. You’ll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.” Dr Seuss
Biography
Since their formation in a run down old factory in East London in February 2011 Franky and the Jacks have gone from strength to strength working hard at creating a sound that is both genuine and innovative. The influence of the gypsy jazz rhythms championed by the likes of Django Reinhardt an Les Doigts de L’homme is strong and with songs that are lyrically akin to the storytelling country styles of Hank Williams and Townes Van Zandt, yet still managing to keep their feet firmly on British soil, many of the songs can appear simultaneously both uplifting and tragic.
This can be better explained by a metaphorical battle between musical genres. In other words there begins a fight between folk and jazz, folk is badly injured and as he trips and is stumbling to the floor, jazz seizes the opportunity and kicks him hard in the ass. Folk lets out an almighty cry and it is precisely this cry that is the sound of FatJ.
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Plus DJ set till 11.30pm